Christian aid groups say a campaign of repression against Christians in China has been ramped up ahead of Christmas. PM talks with Bob Fu, the founder and president of China Aid, which campaigns to expose religious persecution in China.

The Federal Government has stared down a revolt from the states and territories over energy policy. But New South Wales — under a Coalition government — made a push for rules to force power companies to reduce their carbon emissions.

On tonight's program: Disgraced Nationals MP Andrew Broad will quit politics at the next election; Nationals Party Vice President Katrina Hodgkinson says the 'cultural problem' with women needs to be addressed across the country: And ASIC calls on banks to lift their game when it comes to credit card lending.

ASIC says the country's biggest lenders have committed to improve their credit card standards after damning evidence of misconduct in the banking royal commission - but their promises aren't enforceable.

On Monday's PM: Andrew Broad quits after magazine article accuses him of using a website to meet younger women; after four years since the death of healthcare billionaire Paul Ramsay, there's been a breakthrough in one of his more controversial philanthropic bequests; and the WWF are warning people that koalas will be extinct from New South Wales in just 30 years.